What are you giving up for Lent?

Original Sin · Post by **Original Sin** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 7:20 am

Hey, masterbation keeps your hormonal urges from getting out of control, so you don't have to sexually assault random girls on the street. I say, keep up the masterbation.

Juwi bean · Post by **Juwi bean** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 9:56 am

Original Sin wrote:Hey, masterbation keeps your hormonal urges from getting out of control, so you don't have to sexually assault random girls on the street. I say, keep up the masterbation.

Yeah, I guess if I gave it up I'd attack all sorts of boys. And we wouldn't want that, now would we?

So boys can't give it up for rape...and girls can't give it up cuz they'll act like seductresses...or something...

(I was watching t.v. while I wrote that...I hope it makes sense)

Gumby · Post by **Gumby** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:14 am

SoDeepPolaris wrote:The one thing I don't like about lent is what happens after.

Many people go right back to say, drinking pop or "masturbating".

Giving up something for lent and then going right back to it really doesn't prove anything.

Sure, according to the Bible, Jesus was tempted by Satan in the desert for 40 days, giving up a little caffeine for a month isn't provin much.

Well like I said, i'm not really doing it for the religious side of it, but more of just an exercise of will power. I don't see it as something unhealthy or something i feel guilty about. I just want to prove to myself that I have the will power to give up something I enjoy for a while. And yeah I probably will be slap boxing the one eyed champ on midnight of Easter lol but hey, it keeps your prostate healthy.

Blacktop · Post by **Blacktop** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 11:09 pm

Original Sin wrote:Pagan's celebrated christmas as Yule, what used to be the winter solstace, and had been doing so long before christianity.

The Romans also had a solstace holiday called Saturnalia. ^_^ Yeah, this stuff is old...

Original Sin · Post by **Original Sin** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:05 am

Yeah, the funny thing is, most christians don't know about it. It's fine to celebrate the birth of christ on chrismas if you want, but you should at least know the truth as well. It doesn't change anything, but I believe that if you follow a religion, then you have a right to know the truth behind what they preach, which apparently isn't something large church's (namely the vadican) hold in high esteem. You know how many secrets are locked up in that place?
They call pagan's evil, but the Catholic religion holds some of the deepest, darkest secrets in religious history.

Fagulous · Post by **Fagulous** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 12:07 am

I'm going to try and give up internet attention whoring.

But it going to be hard.

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OOOps I just can't seem to not do it.

CgSquall · Post by **CgSquall** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 2:31 am

i'm not really religious at all or anything, but i suppose for the betterment of..well..my mentality, i'll give up girlfriends and prospective girlfriends..it's been too damn long since i've been single for a long time(i've only been single for a few weeks now)

aspen · Post by **aspen** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:32 am

I'm not Catholic...so I'm not giving anything up for that reason. However I do respect those who believe in Lent and give props do them for giving something up they they like.

I have given a couple things up in the past months that I've been overseas...one being alcohol, and the other is cussing. I don't believe, for the most part, that they are wrong, I just choose not to partake in them.

andyisntemo · Post by **andyisntemo** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:12 pm

<<is too lazy to give up anything *sigh*

My friend, Tohru, (Well her name is Katie...but we know, like, 21895712985712389457928758932759872 Katie's) gave up caffinated beverages.

She lasted 2 days.

Hoody2006 · Post by **Hoody2006** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:05 am

the flipping off of people and the machine while playing

dancing queen iu · Post by **dancing queen iu** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 6:01 am

Knowing me, it would probably be fun to see how long I could last without swearing. It would probably be just a few minutes because I would forget to stop.

Merk · Post by **Merk** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 10:04 am

the Catholic religion holds some of the deepest, darkest secrets in religious history.

Oh? I'm actualy genuinely interested in hearing these secrets. After all, it would be foolish to follow a belief structure that has such shrouded and dark secrets.

letshavetea · Post by **letshavetea** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 11:32 am

haha my friend is giving up getting a boner for lent... he was like "and for all you disbelivers out there... no im NOT using tape or any kind of 'anti-viagra'" lol it was so funny

Original Sin · Post by **Original Sin** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 6:20 pm

Merk wrote:
the Catholic religion holds some of the deepest, darkest secrets in religious history.
Oh? I'm actualy genuinely interested in hearing these secrets. After all, it would be foolish to follow a belief structure that has such shrouded and dark secrets.

Lots of ritualistic, supernatural stuff. A lot of items and rituals used by the catholic church are actually almost the same as those used in Pagan rituals. Most christian holidays, rituals, and practices had already been in place in a number of pagan religions. What the church did, was try to change history, tried to make it look like they invented these things, and call it all the word of god. Then, after the church had firmly taken power in most of europe, they tried to frighten their believers into hating pagans, saying they were worshiping the devil. Where do you think that all started? Pagans never worshiped the devil, that's something entirely different all together, something that started much later in history.
The pentagram, for example, the five pointed star, was called the sign of the devil by the church. It's no such thing. however, now almost everyone believes it, and when they see someone wearing one, they immediately think 'Devil woshiper!" I wore a pentagram for quite a while, trust me, I know from experience.
If you're curious, Satanism, the actual 'worship of the devil,' isn't really worship of anything. True satanists believe only in themselves and seek to better themselves and please themselves at whatever cost, at everyone elses expense.
'Black Magic,' isn't the tool of the devil. Any magic, even the simplest of spells (they DO exist, mind you.) can become black magic. It's all about intent. If you cast a spell with the intent to harm someone, the spell becomes black, and the negative energy will build up and turn on you one day. It has nothing to do with the devil, however many genuinly dark spells use the dead, evil spirits and the like to channel or call energy. Not something I tamper with, by the way, but it is interesting.

Remember, the church can change the 'word of god' at any time they please, and often have done so when it suits them. Why do you think there are so many dirivatives of the christian religion? Hell, the church of England was created because the king wanted to divorce his wife, and it's forbidden under Catholic faith, if I remember correctly.
Though it was before your time, Catholic mass was only held in latin. How can you believe in something, if you don't know what the hell the priest is telling you?
The Crusades. A massacre, in the name of God. I'm sure he's pleased about that one... Now, the actual reason for the crusades? Yeah, they wanted the holy land. And they wanted to be filthy rich, too.
I'm not trying to say 'lets bash the catholics!' To be honest, I find the catholic church somewhat interesting, and it may be my next project. I want to learn more about their supernatural dabblings, the occult, exorcism, all those things. Fun stuff...

CgSquall · Post by **CgSquall** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:26 pm

let's not forget all the documents the Catholic church has hidden in the Library in the Vatican that they won't let anybody but the Pope see. Who freakin knows what could be in there.